CSTO member-states plan training in Kyrgyzstan

Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member-states will hold training of Central Asian Collective Rapid Reaction Forces in Kyrgyzstan on July 5-8, Interfax-Kazakhstan reports.Representatives of Defense Ministers of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and CSTO Allied Staff have signed a protocol on the results of the April19-21 negotiations. As per Kazakhstan Defense Ministry's press-service, the training will be held in a joined training center of Kyrgyzstan Armed Forces in the area of Koi-Tash village of Chu oblast.“The main objective of the training is to train operative interaction between national military units,” said CSTO Allied Staff representative Vladimir Ustinov. This will be the first training held in Kyrgyzstan. Earlier such events were held in Kazakhstan, Russia and Tajikistan.